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Art, Art, Architecture, Body Adornment, Music and Food, Artists, Body Adornment, Contemporary Guam Era, Creative Expressions, Historic Eras of Guam, Indigenous Lenses, People, People and Places, Traditional Craft

Julie “Jill” Quichocho Benavente

Julie “Jill” Quichocho Benavente (1958 – ) is a traditional and contemporary Chamorro body ornamentation artist. Benavente carves fine jewelry from local materials such as hima (Tridacna or giant clam), Spondylus (thorny oysters), stone, cow bone, wild boar tusks, and more. Benavente has been creating and carving since the 1990s.

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Art, Art, Architecture, Body Adornment, Music and Food, Artists, Contemporary Guam Era, Historic Eras of Guam, Indigenous Lenses, People, People and Places, Performance Arts

Vince Reyes

Vincent J.C. Reyes, a Master of CHamoru dance, serves as Director of the Inetnon Gefpå’go Cultural Arts Program. Reyes, the son of Vicente (Ben) T. Reyes and Frances C. Sablan, was born and raised in the village of Malesso in southern Guam. He describes himself as growing up in a very CHamoru-Americanized family of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Art, Art, Architecture, Body Adornment, Music and Food, Artists, Body Adornment, Contemporary Guam Era, Creative Expressions, Historic Eras of Guam, People, People and Places, Traditional Craft

Ben “Sinahi” del Rosario

Ben “Sinahi” San Nicolas del Rosario is a Chamorro cultural artist who specializes in creating traditional Chamorro ornamental pieces and jewelry.

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Leonard Iriarte

Leonard Iriarte (Familian Yåyi) is an educator (fafa’nå’gue) and an oral historian for the I Fanlalai’an Oral History Project.

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Art, Art, Architecture, Body Adornment, Music and Food, Artists, Civic Society, Contemporary Guam Era, Creative Expressions, Education, Guamanian Era, Guamanian Era: Education, Historic Eras of Guam, Indigenous Lenses, Modern Guam Rises, Music, People, People and Places, Performance Arts, Traditional Music, Women in Guam History

Clotilde “Ding” Castro Gould

Clotilde “Ding” Castro Gould (1930-2002) was a beloved storyteller, educator and advocate for Chamorro language and culture. Through her sense of humor and gift for weaving stories and songs together about Chamorros and life on Guam, Gould helped create and shape Chamorro language resources and programs on Guam, as well as advanced cultural awareness of the Marianas in the larger Pacific region.

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Civic Society, Contemporary Guam: Economics, e-Publications, Economics and Commercial Development, Guampedia Resources, Multimedia

Na’lå’la’ i Kostumbren Guåhan, Living the Guam Brand

Na’lå’la’ i Kostumbren Guåhan, Living the Guam Brand. Guam Visitors Bureau Conference. April 7 – 8, 2011 Hyatt Regency, Tumon Guam.

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Catholic, Civic Society, Contemporary Guam Era, Guam's Villages, Historic Eras of Guam, People and Places, Religion, Spanish Era, Villages, Heritage Sites and Island Life

Guam Fiesta Calendar

View list of the fiestas by month or download the Catholic Church’s fiesta calendar.

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Contemporary Guam Era, Heritage Sites, Historic Eras of Guam, Villages, Heritage Sites and Island Life

Hagåtña Heritage Walking Trail

In Guam’s capital city of Hagåtña sightseers can take a memorable walk through Guam’s history. The Heritage Walking Trail, developed by the Hagåtña Foundation in partnership with the Government of Guam and the US Department of Interior, connects a pathway through seventeen historical sites and brings to life the resilient and vibrant history of the Chamorro people.

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